Another walk, this time to OCT (a stop on the Metro) and beyond!

     The Metro is the subway system in Shenzhen, China.  I have decided to get out and just plain walk more, and I found it was easier to get the pictures off the camera then it was to get them off the phone.  This was my walk this week.  I went past the Overseas Chinese Town (OCT), which is a tourist village (think Williamsburg) and a very nice area.  I did not set out to get there, I just started walking and took it where the wind blew me.  I took the 66 bus to the Window of the World (WOTW) stop and head out from there.  WOTW is another tourist stop that reminds me of Disneyworld.  I am not quite sure what all they have, but they have an overhead tram.  I am not really interested in doing the family friendly tourist thing, so I have not even looked into what it would cost to get in.

This is the entrance to the Metro stop.

From here, I headed West and went past OCT.

There were a large number of amazing sculptures along the path I took.

This one reminded me of Mike!

A tall ship?  On land?  Pray tell, what is this madness?

I believe this is an art gallery?  I did not bring money with me so I did not attempt to see if I could get in.

Apparently this is connected to the Intercontinental Hotel.

You can barely tell, but even in the stifling heat, it appears a few leaves are turning yellow.

The entrance to OCT.  It cost 180rmb and I had no cash, so this is for another day.

Looking down from the entrance to OCT.

This is typical of the "sidewalks" in Shenzhen.  They tend to be very wide, to allow bike, motorbike, and pedestrian traffic, and tend to be tree lined.

They have footbridges over most of the main roads that are all amazing to look at and very handy.

These are amazing and huge pink flowers that are in the trees all over the place.  The skies tend to be pink above our heads.